Sensive
sensive (adj)
It is sensive to feel anger, yet not to lash out or destroy as a result of the anger. It is sensive to feel joyful, but not to float away into a state of unrealistic, romantic bliss - at least not for long. A sensive person feels pain and joy fully, without pretense. A sensive tune is refreshingly honest about its emotional language. Sensiveness does not claim emotional, mental, or physical health, it simply makes them its goal.
A sensive person.
Amanda felt that Carl really listened to her, he was empathetic when she felt down, and she could always laugh with him. When Amanda told her mother how sensive he was, her mother thought to herself: "hmm, this could really go somewhere."
John always had bad luck with women, and he was never happy. When he met Nancy, she changed his attitude about women completely. John even became more sensive at work, his sales increased, he got along with his boss better, and clients started asking for him.
Jack billed himself as the "sensive politician," which was totally hypocritical, because his constituents all knew that he was only in politics for personal gain. His campaign was a flop, and he lost the election.
adj: sensive
noun: sensiveness
noun: sensivity
adv: sensively
Antonyms: overly sensitive, rash, mean, dishonest, angry, selfish, crude.